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Mike Huckabee: A conservative plea for the National Endowment for the Arts
Washington Post ^ | March 22, 2017 | Mike Huckabee

Posted on 03/24/2017 6:41:25 AM PDT by C19fan

Donald Trump wasn’t my first choice for president. I was. But he was my second choice, and I’m proud that I supported him. In tackling the federal budget, he faces a debt that has doubled to $20 trillion in the past eight years. No doubt a chainsaw seems more appropriate to the task at hand than a carving knife, but I would urge my president and friend to hold back from one tiny area of the budget whose elimination would cost far more than it would save.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Society
KEYWORDS: arts; government
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Huckster makes a reappearance. If we can't eliminate a nonsense program like the NEA then we are doomed.
1 posted on 03/24/2017 6:41:25 AM PDT by C19fan
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Um, no thanks Huckabee.


2 posted on 03/24/2017 6:42:55 AM PDT by small farm girl
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Nope...nothing! Ditto PBS and NPR.Let them sink or swim on their own.
3 posted on 03/24/2017 6:43:02 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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I am not looking forward to postponing retirement to age 85, just so the NEA can keep getting our money.


4 posted on 03/24/2017 6:43:37 AM PDT by NEMDF
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You have to start somewhere.


5 posted on 03/24/2017 6:44:47 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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The NEA is an entity designed to fund the Left.


6 posted on 03/24/2017 6:45:08 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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Shut up Mike.

(He’s already maneuvering).


7 posted on 03/24/2017 6:45:11 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: C19fan

People who are deeply in debt should cut out unnecessary spending. Countries that are deeply in debt should cut out unnecessary spending.

How hard is that to understand, Mr. Huckabee?


8 posted on 03/24/2017 6:45:15 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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you pay for it Mike


9 posted on 03/24/2017 6:46:09 AM PDT by novemberslady
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Huckster’s true colors shining through again.


10 posted on 03/24/2017 6:46:14 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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GOFUND yourself. I can’t afford my higher taxes.


11 posted on 03/24/2017 6:46:56 AM PDT by keving (We are the Government)
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Absolutely ridiculous article. Please, Mike, take your bass fiddle and leave.


12 posted on 03/24/2017 6:47:23 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Rudy Guiuliani for Head of FBI)
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Huckaebee is a bleeding heart. Not unusual for a minister.


13 posted on 03/24/2017 6:47:46 AM PDT by Cboldt
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(He’s already maneuvering).

Yeah, I was surprised to see him last night or so on TV I said where did this guy come from and what the heck is he talking about here?

Geeze!


14 posted on 03/24/2017 6:48:01 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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Huckleberry is a POPULIST ... and NOT a Conservative.
NEVER trust the Washington Post !
15 posted on 03/24/2017 6:48:32 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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Yes, so more art can be made of my God on cross with urine the center of attention. Real art will fund itself. It isn’t art when tax payers money pay to have it produced.


16 posted on 03/24/2017 6:50:25 AM PDT by Obbiee
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Huckabee is like Gingrich, both can say really insightful things at times, but you can always count on them to do or say something incredibly dumb.


17 posted on 03/24/2017 6:51:55 AM PDT by Artcore (Donald J. Trump - 45th President of the United States of America!)
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Let me see, the last time theRepublicans held Congress and the White House and they eliminated none of these progressive budget babies was in 2001.

Would someone refresh my memory about the 2002 elections?

Oh yeah ... they LOST Congress!

It seems that the Democrats were able to paint the Republicans, who eliminated none of the programs Republican voters had long been saying ought to be, as “spendthrift”.

Then the Democrats showed us what REAL spending was like.

But don’t expect Republican voters to remember THAT. Nope, but do we ever have long memories when it comes to Republican failings. It’s only when Democrats remind us that sucking less is better than sucking to the max that they seem to prosper these days.


18 posted on 03/24/2017 6:52:22 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Government with $20 trillion in debt refusing to cut the NEA is like a severe diabetic declaring “but I can’t stop eating cookies. I need them.” And tomorrow it will be cake, ice cream and Rice Krispy treats that can’t be eliminated either.


19 posted on 03/24/2017 6:53:28 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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Forget it Huck! The Hollyweirdos will have bleeding heart fundraisers out the wazoo and probably entertainment shows ad nauseum so they’ll get to continue crying about Trump the Scrooge. Hell, they’ll end up with more money than ever!


20 posted on 03/24/2017 6:54:32 AM PDT by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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